![[unknown]](/images/mediatype_unknown.gif) | The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap - Dickinson College
Scholar and author Stephanie Coontz explores the myths of traditional marriage. Coontz is a faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. She has published extensively on the topic of marriage and family life and is the author of several highly praised books, such as The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap and Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How L...
Keywords: Stephanie Coontz; marriage
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| Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing public media in a participatory culture Panel IV: Surviving or Thriving: Beta Business Models in the New World - Harvard Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: 4:20 - 5:10 PM Panel IV: Surviving or Thriving: Beta Business Models in the New World - What are the sustainability and business implications of these emerging models? What are the opportunities for new resources to support public-service media? Do commercial vs noncommercial distinctions map over to these new spaces of engagement? Is there a case for tax-based support or will a new mix of sponsorship, subscription, li...
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| Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing public media in a participatory culture pt.2 - Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: May 12, 2006 4:00 - 4:10 PM - High Order Bit: Second Life (add your notes) (comment on the blog post) Second Life is a massively multi-player 3-D world. It is an online world.virtually inhabited, built, and owned by its residents. John Lester from Linden Lab will describe what is Second Life, how it allows for new communities to be built, and he.ll talk about opportunities for collaborative video production.
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| Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing public media in a participatory culture - Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: May 12, 2006 3:20PM - 3:30 - High Order Bit: Just a Pretty Face(book)? What College Students Actually Do Online (add your notes) (comment on the blog post) - Fresh thinking and research about what types of sites and online services college students are using and how their engagement differs by socio-economic background and user attributes...
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| Opportunities Ahead for Achieving Real Reform at the United Nations - Columbia University
Anne-Marie Slaughter: Princeton University Danielle Pletka: American Enterprise Institute Mark Malloch Brown: Executive Office of the Secretary-General Moderator: Senator George J. Mitchell Columbia University Oct 17, 2005 Length: 1:22:43
Keywords: Anne-Marie Slaughter; Danielle Pletka; Mark Malloch Brown; George Mitchell
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| Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, Session 4: Coping with Rogue States, Failing States, and Proliferators
Session four of a four-part Symposium, held as part of the Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy research project at the Council on Foreign Relations. Speakers: - Lawrence D. Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King's College, London. - Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard. Presider: Richard K...
Keywords: Iraq; Lawrence Freedman; Steven Miller; Richard Betts
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| Iran's Nuclear Program and U.S.-Iranian Relations - Middlebury College
Mansour Farhang, Bennington College. Iraninan-born author and former diplomat. He served as revolutionary Iran's first ambassador to the United Nations, and also worked as a mediator in the early months of the Iran-Iraq war. (April 18, 2006 - Middlebury College) Length: 82 minutes
Keywords: Mansour Farhang; Iran; nuclear power; nuclear weapons
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| The War in Iraq: Bush's Democracy and the Real Thing - Princeton University
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh Nov 30, 2005 at Princeton University Length: 1:35:35
Keywords: Seymour Hersh; Iraq; Democracy
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| How Unequal Can America Get Before We Snap? - UC Berkeley
Robert Reich, Professor of Social and Economic policy at Brandeis University and former U.S. Secretary of Labor, talks about inequality of income, wealth and opportunity in America, which is wider now than it's been since the 1920s. (April 5, 2005. Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley) Length: 1:39:00
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| U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward the Arab/Muslim World: Winning - or Losing - Hearts and Minds? - Princeton University
The first panel of the Princeton 2005 Colloquium, "Rethinking the War on Terror" looks at the challenges of U.S. diplomatic efforts in the wake of the war in Iraq. Moderator: Amb. Edmund Hull, WWS Diplomat-in-Residence Panelists: - Hady Amr, Managing Partner, Amr Grouop - Nadia Bilbasey, Washington correspondent, Al-Arabiya TV - Amb. Theodore Kattouf, CEO, AMIDEAST Princeton Apr 8, 2005 Length: 1:21:34 For more information see 2005 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs
Keywords: terrorism; Edmund Hull; Hady Amr; Nadia Bilbasey; Theodore Kattouf
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| Votes, Bits, and Bytes
"Votes, Bits and Bytes" Panel 1: Citizenship Are information and communications technologies making it possible for new forms of citizenship? Are new technologies drawing new people into the political process? Are we able to engage in politics in more meaningful ways than before? Is the impact greatest on local, state, federal campaigns? Are we able to become global citizens? Chair: Prof. Charles Nesson, Harvard Law School Panelist: HYPERLINK "http://www.hoder.com/weblog/" Hossein Derakhshan (a/...
Keywords: voting; democracy; Charles Nesson; Pippa Norris; Tom Sander
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| Turki Al-Faisal: A Policy Address
Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States speaks on Dec 7, 2006 at Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Keywords: Turki Al-Faisal
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| The Current State of Constitutional Law in Africa: Perspectives of a Former African Justice
Speaker: Bereket Habte Selassie Location: Middlebury College
Keywords: Bereket Habte Selassie; Africa; law; African legal system
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| United Nations Reform: Reflecting on Successes and Obstacles - Columbia University
Lee Feinstein: Council on Foreign Relations Ed Luck: Columbia University Tod Lindberg: Hoover Institution Moderator: Senator George J. Mitchell Columbia University Oct 17, 2005 Length: 1:33:26
Keywords: Lee Feinstein; Ed Luck; Tod Lindberg; George Mitchell
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| The Bush Doctrine as a Partisan Wedge Issue
Professor Jack Snyder is a leading authority on international affairs. His recent work has focused on the propensity of democratizing countries to fight wars (in contrast to countries with firmly established democratic institutions). In this session, he presented some of his exciting new work on domestic political effects of the new American national security strategy. Introduction by Eugene Gholz, LBJ School of Public Affairs...
Keywords: Jack Snyder; Bush Doctrine
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| A Conversation on Stem Cell Research
"A Conversation on Stem Cell Research" Robert Klein, Chair of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. February 8, 2006 University of California at Berkley, Goldman School of Public Policy.
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| Beyond Al-Qaeda: Terrorism in the Arab Civil War - Princeton University
This panel examines the local dimensions of conflict in the Middle East, including tensions between Syria and Lebanon, and the sectarian divisions within Iraq. Moderator: Michael Doran, Asst. Prof. of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University Panelists: - Col. Thomas F. Lynch III, CENTCOM - Michael Young, Daily Star (Lebanon) - Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Keywords: terrorism; Michael Doran; Thomas F. Lynch; Michael Young; Michael Rubin; Al-Qaeda
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| Presidential War Powers from Lincoln to Bush - Dickinson College
Panelists: John Yoo is former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsil of the U.S. Dept of Justice and professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley Louis Fisher is Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers for the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress Michael Vorenberg is author of Final Freedom and professor of history at Brown University (Nov 3, 2005 at Dickinson College) Length: 1:30:18
Keywords: John Yoo; Louis Fisher; Michael Vorenberg; American president; presidential power
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| Beyond Broadcast Pt. 4: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture: Panel I: What the Broadcasters are doing - Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: May 12, 2006 10:00 - 11:00 Panel I: What the Broadcasters are doing A few broadcasters display and discuss their efforts - the opportunities and obstacles they have experienced - with incorporating, experimenting with, or using participatory and emerging social media tools. Panelists include: David Liroff (WGBH Vice President and Chief Technology Officer), Terry Heaton (President, DONATA...
Keywords: David Liroff; Terry Heaton; Bill Buzenberg; Chris Lydon; media; public broadcasting
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| Teaching 9-11: The Role of Media, Museums, and Schools in the Construction of National Memory - Dickinson College
Teaching 9-11: The Role of Media, Museums, and Schools in the Construction of National Memory.. How the nation's memory of 9-11 is being created through cultural institutions. Panelists: James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly Ron Simon, Museum of Television and Radio Fiona Spruill, NYTimes.com Marvin Kalb, Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.s Kennedy School of Government...
Keywords: James Fallows; Ron Simon; Fiona Spruill; Marvin Kalb; 9-11; terrorism; museums; media
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| From Summers to Sistani: Women's Rights under Attack in the 21st Century - Princeton University
Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women The Global Fund for Women is an international network that supports the social, political and civic equality and human rights of women by making grants to women's groups throughout the world. A speech at Princeton University, Feb 22, 2005
Keywords: Kavita Ramdas
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| Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Security - Princeton University
Hans Blix, Former U.N. Weapons Inspector; Chairman of the International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction. March 8, 2005 - Princeton University Length: 28:24 minutes
Keywords: Hans Blix; Iraq; WMD; weapons of mass destruction
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| The Doha Declaration: the World Affirms the Natural Family and Marriage
The Doha Declaration: the World Affirms the Natural Family and Marriage. William L. Saunders, Jr. Family Research Council Center for Human Life and Bioethics. An America's Founding and Future Lecture. February 13, 2005 - Princeton University, James Madison Program
Keywords: William L. Saunders; family; marriage
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| Criminal Libel in Asia and International Legal Standards - University of Hong Kong
U.S. media lawyer Robert D. Balin discusses recent criminal libel cases in Asia and evolving international legal standards in libel defence. Mr. Balin will discuss in particular Shin Corp v. Klangnarong, which was brought against a Thai activist who had criticized Thailand's Prime Minister and the telecommunications company owned by his family. In a decision that has been hailed as a victory for free expression, a Bangkok court recently dismissed criminal libel charges against the activist...
Keywords: Robert Balin
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| Historical Precedents for Middle East Democracy - Tufts University
SPEAKER: Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, and Director,Middle East Institute, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University January 26-27, 2006, at Tufts University Democratizing the Middle East? A conference sponsored by: The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University Length: 49:52
Keywords: Rashid Khalidi; democracy; Middle East
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| Woodrow Wilson in the State House: Governing in New Jersey - Princeton University
Moderator: David S. Broder, Columnist, The Washington Post PRIOR Paper Author: Alan Ehrenhalt, Executive Editor, Governing Magazine Panelists: Jon S. Corzine, Governor, State of New Jersey Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. '79, Governor, Maryland This panel was part of the 2006 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs, held April 28-29, 2006 at Princeton University, by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) Length: 57:08
Keywords: David S. Broder; Alan Ehrenhalt; Jon S. Corzine; Robert L. Ehrlich
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| Organizing the Public Interest - Princeton University
Panel discussion moderated by Paul Starr of Princeton University. Panelists: Yochai Benkler, Yale Law School David Einhorn, The Jackson Laboratory Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge Princeton University . Microsoft Intellectual Property Conference May 19, 2006
Keywords: Paul Starr; Yochai Benkler; Margaret Hedstrom; Lawrence Lessig; Gigi Sohn
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| Environmental Summit, Keynote: Jared Diamond - Duke University
Keynote: Jared Diamond Professor of Geography, UCLA and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University Sep 20-21, 2005
Keywords: enviroment; Jared Diamond
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| Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, Session 3: The Direction of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy after the Intervention in Iraq - Princeton University
Session three of a four-part Symposium, held as part of the Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy research project at the Council on Foreign Relations. Speakers: - Michael R. Gordon, Chief Military Correspondent, The New York Times. - Ronald Steel, Professor of International Relations and History, University of Southern California. Presider: Walter Russell Mead, Senior Fellow for U.S...
Keywords: Iraq; Michael Gordon; Ronald Steel
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| Highlights of the 2005 Princeton Colloquium: Rethinking the War on Terror - Princeton University
A two-day colloquium examines the concept of a "war on terror," as well as the specific strategies employed to wage it. Bringing together a diverse selection of experts and practitioners, the Colloquium addresses the conceptual frameworks and concrete policy recommendations needed to move beyond the rhetoric and ideology that often shape responses to terrorism. Includes excerpts from: - Keynote speeches by: Gen (Ret) Anthony Zinni; Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi; Israeli National Security Advi...
Keywords: war on terror; terrorism; Anthony Zinni; Hanan Ashrawi; Giora Eiland
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| Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy, Session 1: The United States and the Middle East
Session one of a four-part symposium, held as part of the Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy research project at the Council on Foreign Relations. Speakers: - Toby Dodge, Consulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East, International Institute for Strategic Studies. - Steven Simon, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations. - Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland...
Keywords: Iraq; Toby Dodge; Steven Simon; Shibley Telhami; Steven Simon; foreign policy; defense policy
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| How Donald Rumsfeld Misread Saddam Hussein's Strategy and Created the Iraqi Insurgency - University of Texas at Austin
Michael Gordon, Chief Military Correspondent, The New York Times April 4, 2006 60 minutes Michael Gordon draws from his recently published book, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, to discuss the strategic and political miscalculations by both Saddam Hussein and the United States before the launching of the war in Iraq. On the Iraq side, Gordon states that Hussein was more concerned about internal threats within the country and possible risks related to Iran than a...
Keywords: Michael Gordon; Iraq
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| Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing public media in a participatory culture pt.5: Panel II: What the emerging participatory web media services are doing - Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: May 12, 2006 11:50 - 12:45 Panel II: What the emerging participatory web media services are doing * From Our Media to YouTube, Odeo to BrightCove, Conversations Network to Global Voices - people are using new media to facilitate citizen participation not just through text and blogging but now with digital audio and video...
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| Democracy and Growth Reconsidered: Why Economic Performance of New Democracies is not Encouraging - Middlebury College
Vladimir Popov, Sector Head, Academy of the National Economy, Moscow; Visiting Professor at Carlton University, Ottawa April 13, 2006 Middlebury College Length: 1:21:19
Keywords: Vladimir Popov; democracy
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| Measuring Success in Combating Terrorism - Princeton University
How can you tell if you.re winning a war on terrorism? This panel is part of "Rethinking the War on Terror", the theme of the 2005 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs. (website: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/pcpia/) Moderator: Alan Krueger, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Princeton University Panelists: - Larry Johnson, CEO and Co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC - Raphael Perl, Senior Analyst for terrosim policy, Congressional Research Service - Peter Probst, former...
Keywords: Alan Krueger; Larry Johnson; Raphael Perl; Peter Probst; terrorism
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| Beyond Broadcast: Reinventing public media in a participatory culture: Keynote Presentation
James Boyle of Duke Law School, and Charles Nesson of the Berkman Center highlight a conference on "Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture" Keynote Presentation: Reinventing the Gatekeeper - James Boyle
Keywords: James Boyle; Charles Nesson
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| Report of the Task Force on the United Nations: American Interests and UN Reform - Columbia University
George Mitchell, SIPA Sr. Research Scholar and Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader speaks to a Columbia University conference on UN reform Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (Oct 17, 2005) Length: 24:04
Keywords: United Nations; George Mitchell
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| Cornel West: Why Democracy Demands Quality, Diversity and Leadership in Universities - Princeton University
Cornel West, Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University (Recorded Mar 23, 2005 at Rutgers) Length 55:30
Keywords: Cornel West
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| American Media: Still the Fourth Estate? - Princeton University
Bill Keller, Executive Editor, New York Times Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University, Nov 14, 2005 Length: 1:29:46
Keywords: Bill Keller; media
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| Neo-Conservatives vs. Liberals: The Fight over Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy - Princeton University
Moderator: G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Department of Politics, Princeton University and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Co-faculty Director of the Princeton Project on National Security Panelists: Thomas Knock '82, Professor of History, Southern Methodist University Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Co-Faculty Director of the Princeton Project on Natio...
Keywords: G. John Ikenberry; Thomas Knock; Anne-Marie Slaughter; Tony Smith; foreign policy; Woodrow Wilson
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| Anatomy of Terror: Understanding Religious Violence
"Anatomy of Terror: Understanding Religious Violence" Jessica Stern - lecturer in public policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Stern disputes the theses that terrorism has little impact and that government policies should simply be aimed at reducing fear. Mentioning a psychometric model that identifies 18 variables associated with disproportionate dread, Stern emphasizes that there is a clear difference in the ways that individuals and governments should respond to cer...
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| Keynote speaker: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - Princeton University
Event: 75th Anniversary of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University Oct 1, 2005
Keywords: Condoleezza Rice
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| Environmental Summit, Panel 1: Energy - Duke University
Panel I: Energy Lincoln Pratson - moderator - Associate Professor of Sedimentary Geology, Nicholas School Jason Grumet - Executive Director of the National Commission on Energy Policy Simon B. Rich, Jr. - Chairman of the Board of Visitors, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, former CEO of Louis Dreyfus Holding Co. and former Chairman and CEO of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Joseph Stanislaw - Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Energy Research Associates Nich...
Keywords: energy; Lincoln Pratson; Jason Grumet; Simon Rich
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| An Historical Overview: How the Best and Brightest Have Been Attracted to Government Service? - Princeton University
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, February 24th, 2006 . Moderator: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University . Theodore Sorensen - The Kennedy Magic . Robert Caro '57 - LBJ: Personality or the Agenda of the Times? . Michael Barone - The Reagan Years . David Halberstam - The Best and the Brightest Then and Now Total Running Time: 1:20:55
Keywords: government service; Brandice Canes-Wrone; Theodore Sorensen; Robert Caro; Michael Barone; David Halberstam
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| The Outlook for the Global Economy and the Challenges That Must Be Met - Princeton University
Speaker: Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury Princeton University (Oct 19, 2005) Length: 58:39
Keywords: Robert Rubin
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| Joseph Bottum: Death and Politics - Princeton University
Joseph Bottum, Editor First Things An America.s Founding and Future Lecture November 9, 2005 . Princeton University, James Madison Program
Keywords: Joseph Bottum
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| The Underground Railroad of Self-Determination: Beyond Victimization - Princeton University
A black History Month Event. Robert L. Woodson, Sr., Founder and President, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. Moderated by Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt University; James Madison Program Visiting Fellow 2004-2005. February 9, 2005 . Princeton University, James Madison Program.
Keywords: Robert L. Woodson; Carol M. Swain; Black History
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| American Ideals and National Memory - Princeton University
Bruce Cole, Chair National Endowment for the Humanities An America's Founding and Future Lecture October 6, 2005 . Princeton University, James Madison Program
Keywords: Bruce Cole
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| Improving the U.S. Intelligence Community: Lessons from Iraq, Libya and Elsewhere
Charles Vest, a member of the Robb-Silberman Commission on Intelligence and Weapons of Mass Destruction and former President of MIT.
Keywords: Charles Vest
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| Beyond Broadcast Pt. 3: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture - Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
A conference at Harvard Law School.s Berkman Center for Internet and Society: May 12, 2006 5:15 - 5:30 PM Closing Remarks: Charles Nesson, Co-founder and Faculty Director of the Berkman Center (add your notes) (comment on the blog post)
Keywords: Charles Nesson; media; public broadcasting
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